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Family: Benthopectinidae (See list of species below)

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28 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Benthopecten claviger []	No picture found Benthopecten mutabilis []	No picture found Benthopecten pedicifer []
No picture found Benthopecten pikei [Sladen's star]	No picture found Benthopecten spinuliger []	No picture found Cheiraster blakei []
No picture found Cheiraster capillatus []	No picture found Cheiraster dawsoni []	Cheiraster gerlachei []
No picture found Cheiraster hirsutus []	No picture found Cheiraster inops []	No picture found Cheiraster ludwigi []
No picture found Cheiraster niasicus []	No picture found Cheiraster pilosus []	No picture found Cheiraster planeta []
No picture found Cheiraster sepitus []	No picture found Cheiraster subtuberculatus []	No picture found Cheiraster triplacanthus []
No picture found Cheiraster trullipes []	No picture found Gaussaster antarcticus []	No picture found Nearchaster aciculosus [Needle-spined fragile star]
No picture found Nearchaster musorstomi []	No picture found Nearchaster variabilis [Variable fragile star]	No picture found Pectinaster agassizi []
No picture found Pectinaster filholi []	No picture found Pectinaster gracilis []	No picture found Pectinaster mimicus []
No picture found Pontaster tenuispinus []

28 Species of Family Benthopectinidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution
Benthopecten claviger		Northeast Pacific.
Benthopecten mutabilis		Northeast Pacific.
Benthopecten pedicifer		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Benthopecten pikei	Sladen's star	Southwest Pacific
Benthopecten spinuliger		Eastern Pacific and Weste
Cheiraster blakei		Western Central Atlantic
Cheiraster capillatus		Western Central Pacific
Cheiraster dawsoni		Northeast Pacific
Cheiraster gerlachei		Antarctic Atlantic.
Cheiraster hirsutus		Antarctic.
Cheiraster inops		Western Central Pacific
Cheiraster ludwigi		Western Central Pacific
Cheiraster niasicus		Western Central Pacific
Cheiraster pilosus		Western Central Pacific
Cheiraster planeta		Antarctic Atlantic and So
Cheiraster sepitus		Western Atlantic
Cheiraster subtuberculatus		Southwest Pacific
Cheiraster triplacanthus		Western Pacific
Cheiraster trullipes		Western Central Pacific
Gaussaster antarcticus		Antarctic
Nearchaster aciculosus	Needle-spined fragile star	Eastern Pacific.
Nearchaster musorstomi		Western Central Pacific
Nearchaster variabilis	Variable fragile star	Northeast Pacific
Pectinaster agassizi		Eastern Pacific
Pectinaster filholi		Northwest Atlantic.
Pectinaster gracilis		Western Atlantic
Pectinaster mimicus		Western Pacific. Tropica
Pontaster tenuispinus		Northeast Atlantic and th

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